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Ice over moving water, like rivers and creeks, is never safe, even though people used to do it all the time in the olden days.
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Ray Petelin, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
Four years after the trade, Williams won a World Series with the Sox, and the Barry-Berry saga became a minor footnote in his career, mentioned only whenever the Sox beat writers gather together to trade stories about the olden days.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2026
In the olden days, celebs would wear sunglasses inside the show — more to hide their clear enjoyment of the libations than to look cool.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 12 Jan. 2026
In the olden days, a lot of winter beers were conceptualized as stronger with more alcohol.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
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Ray Petelin, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
Four years after the trade, Williams won a World Series with the Sox, and the Barry-Berry saga became a minor footnote in his career, mentioned only whenever the Sox beat writers gather together to trade stories about the olden days.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2026
In the olden days, celebs would wear sunglasses inside the show — more to hide their clear enjoyment of the libations than to look cool.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 12 Jan. 2026
In the olden days, a lot of winter beers were conceptualized as stronger with more alcohol.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
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“Olden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/olden. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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olden
adjective
old·en
ˈōl-dən 
: of or relating to earlier days
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